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The Exponent
Volume 60, No. 13 South Dakota's Northern College — Aberdeen, South Dakota
December 21, 1961
Best wishes for a
merry Christmas and
a happy new year
are sincerely extend-ed
to all of our read-ers.
The Exponent
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Donna Ray Reigns
As "Miss Northern"
Donna Ray, Aberdeen freshman,
was chosen to represent Northern in
the 1962 State Snow Queen Festival
to be held January 18-20 in the Civic
Arena. Dale McElhany, Watertown
senior, will represent Northern in the
talent division of the contest.
In place of last year's Snow Queen,
Linda Frazee, the second place win-ner,
Ellea Peterson, Faulkton sopho-more,
crowned "Miss Northern." Ju-dy
Stuebbe, Aberdeen freshman, was
selected first runner-up and second
runner-up was Janice Kruse, Parkston
sophomore.
Donna Ray, who was chosen over
21 coeds, was sponsored by the stu-dent
council in which she is a mem-ber
of the social affairs committee.
Donna is in secondary education and
plans on majoring in English and
history. She is a member of Howling
Echo and is on the AWS social af-fairs
committee. Donna was Central's
1960 Pageant Day Queen.
Dale McElhany, Northern's foot-ball
captain and Player of the Year,
took first place in the talent division
Dale McElhany
with a vocal solo. He was accompani-ed
by Glenna Schauer, Aberdeen
sophomore. Second and third place
winners were Marvin Roth, Menasha,
Wis. junior, with a monalogue and
Steve Hansen, Stockholm freshman,
with a trombone solo.
The 1961 State Snow Queen talent
winners, The Collegians, entertained
as non-contestants. The vocal group
is composed of Margaret Hochstetter,
Aberdeen sophomore; Lynne Ickler,
sophomore from Aberdeen; Jim Lo-seth,
Webster junior; Clayton South-wich,
Stockholm sophomore; and Lar-ry
Frey, senior from Lehr, N. Dak.
Dale Dobberpuhl, Conde senior, serv-ed
as master of ceremonies.
Queen candidates were Ruth Alli-son,
South Shore sophomore, spon-sored
by Blue Key; Karen Layton.
Selfridge, North Dakota sophomore,
sponsored by Briscoe Hall; Shirley
Gerken, Wessington Springs senior ;
sponsored by Kappa Delti Pi; Sonna
Gross, Sisseton sophomore, sponsored
by U.C.C•F.; Sharon Gugel, Mc-
Laughlin sophomore, sponsored by
Sigma Alpha Iota; Kathleen Haber-man,
Forbes, North Dakota sopho-more,
sponsored by Pi Omega Pi;
Margaret Hochstetter, Aberdeen soph-omore,
sponsored by the Collegiate
Choir.
Vonnie Karlen, Columbia freshman,
sponsored by Lincoln Hall and Pha-lanx;
Mary Kohlhaas, Aberdeen sen-ior,
sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta;
Dianna Lee, Rapid City sophomore,
sponsored by Howling Echo; Marjorie
Nelson, Sisseton sophomore, sponsored
by the Young Democrats; Carol Pet-erson,
Aberdeen junior, sponsored by
the Junior Class; Bonnie Phillips, Wil-low
Lake sophomore, sponsored by
the sophomore class are also candi-dates.
Other candidates include Joan
Roehr, Aberdeen freshman, sponsored
by the Newman Club, Margaret Scri-ver,
South Shore freshman, sponsored
by the N Club; Judy Treffry, Web-ster
sophomore, sponsored by the As-sociation
of Childhood Education; Pa-ti
Jo Wermersen, Miller freshman,
sponsored by the Freshman Class; and
Noreen Winters, Seneca freshman,
sponsored by Graham Hall.
Don Hess, Clark sophomore, and
Donna Parsch, Aberdeen sophomore,
were the general chairmen for the
event. John Hester, Rapid City sen-ior,
and Sharon Gugel, McLaughlin
sophomore, were in charge of the
staging, which followed the pattern of
a snow palace.
Talent chairmen were Larry Arndt,
Aberdeen junior, and Judeen Lam-mle,
Hosmer senior, Glen Kirscheman,
Aberdeen sophomore, was in charge
of the publicity. Coronation chairmen
were Lorene Cowhick, Cresbard sen-ior,
and Margaret Hochstetter, Aber-deen
sophomore. Others assisting were
Lucille Lindskov, Isabel senior, pres-ident
of Sigma Alpha Iota and George
Geis, Webster junior, president of
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Faculty ad-visors
were Vesta Hanson and Leon-ard
Palmquist.
The Sno-Sho is sponsored by Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Sigma Alpha
Iota music fraternities.
Hildebrand, Kulm, N. Dak., sopho-more,
performed the tenor parts.
James Ewing, assistant professor of
music, and Merlyn Aman, director of
vocal music at Aberdeen Central High
School, did a fine job with the bass
solos.
Special commendations should be
Board Scholarships
Received By Seven
From Prophet Co.
Seven Northern students have been
selected to receive the first full board
scholarships sponsored by the Prophet
Company.
Recipients of the grants include
Glenda Bakken, Bristol sophomore,
Briscoe Hall; Margaret Nelson, Sis-seton
sophomore, Graham Hall; Alfred
DeCillis, Patchogue, N. Y., senior,
Steele Hall; and James Fischer, Ros-coe
freshman, Seymour Hall. Cecelia
Boulais, Mina freshman, Lincoln Hall
and Judith Holland, Britton fresh-man,
Lincoln Hall, will each receive
one-half as the result of a tie.
The new scholarship program is be-ing
initiated this quarter by the man-ager,
of Lincoln Dining Hall. The sch-olarships
are awarded to the student
with the highest academic average in
each of the campus dormitories.
Academic rank of the student will
be the one determining factor in se-lecting
recipients of the scholarship.
The rank concerns only the average
of the preceding quarter and does not
apply to a student's cumulative grade
average. Students must be classed as
full-time students to be eligible to re-ceive
the scholarship, although full-time
student teachers are not eligible
to obtain the award.
Minn. U. Will Host
U. N. Conference
Students interested in international
affairs who would like to attend the
Model United Nations Conference,
being held at the University of Min-nesota
on April 13-15 should make
application to Carl Kline, Aber-deen
junior.
Five delegates will be chosen by
the student council, from the appli-cants
of Northern to attend the con-ference.
The delegates will represent a cer-tain
nation of their choice at the con-ference.
There will be a well-rounded
program with discussion by the par-ticipation
of all delegates.
extended to each of the soloists; to
Mrs. John Berggren, pianist; Prof.
Leonard Palmquist, organist; and
Prof. Ben Vandervelde, director of
the College-Civic Symphony.
The Collegiate Choir, under the di-rection
of Dr. Berggren, did a mar-velous
job this year. The audience es-pecially
enjoyed the number "His
Yoke Is Easy," which had not been
heard before in previous presenta-tions
of the "Messiah" in Aberdeen.
The audience was entranced to the
last "Hallelujah" of the traditional
"Hallelujah Chorus," which ended the
performance.
Many comments were heard on the
1961 presentation; and it was gener-ally
agreed that this year's perform-ance
was one of the better, if not the
best, ever presented in Aberdeen.
English Fraternity
Accepts 18 Students
At Pledge Meeting
Eighteen students were pledged in-to
Sigma Tau Delta, honorary English
fraternity, Thursday, December 14, in
the Memorial Union.
Dale Dobberpuhl, president, con-ducted
the meeting during which the
pledges presented readings of their
original writings. A short business
meeting and coffee hour concluded
the evening.
The aim of the organization is to
encourage the study of literary mas-terpieces
and to promote creative
writing a, campus.
Students applying for membership
in STD must have a B average, soph-omore
standing, and a major or minor
in English. New pledges are initiated
each year at an initiation dinner.
The new initiates are Margaret Loo-by,
Artesian senior; Prof. Wallace
Dohman, assistant professor of Eng-lish;
Verla Hottmann, Tolstoy junior;
James Hoye, Aberdeen sophomore;
Mrs. Helen Pfeiffer, Aberdeen junior;
Kathy Blair, Groton junior; Willis
Smith, Watertown senior; Jeff Ross,
Aberdeen junior; and Carol Wuertz,
Aberdeen junior.
Rich Cinclair, Aberdeen sophomore;
Carol Knodel senior; Joyce Kettering,
Aberdeen sophomore; Sharon Neu-mayr,
Parkston sophomore; Sandra
Baldwin, Rapid City sophomore,
Bemyce Strom, Groton sophomore;
Karen Nelson, Langford sophomore;
Joan Carson, Langford sophomore,
and Sharon Borden, Frederick junior
were also among the eighteen initiates.
Donna Ray, Aberdeen freshman, was crowned
Northern's Snow Queen at the annual Sno-Sho Contest
held December 14. First runner-up was Judy Stuebbe,
Aberdeen freshman, (right). Janice Kruse, Parkston soph-
-I :roma
omore, (left) was chosen second runner-up. The contest
was sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Sigma
Alpha Iota, music fraternities.
Presentation Of Handel's "Messiah"
Is Well Received By Large Crowd
by Joan Carson
Approximately 1,700 people enter-ed
the Civic Arena, Sunday afternoon,
December 17, to hear the eighth
a n n ual presentation of Handel's
"Messiah." About two hours later
they left with their hearts filled with
the true spirit of Christmas.
The performance, sponsored by
Northern State Teachers College and
and the Aberdeen Ministerial Associa-tion,
was under the direction of Dr.
John Berggren, head of Northern's
music department.
The soloists presenting recitatives
and arias were representative of the
talent of Northern and Aberdeen.
Doing the honors as soprano soloists
were Margaret Hochstetter, Aberdeen
sophomore; and Kristi Vensand, also
a sophomore from Aberdeen. Sister
Mary (Braun) O.S.B. thrilled many a
heart with her renditions of the con-tralto
passages. James Loseth, Web-ster
senior; David Hein, Browns Val-ley,
Minn., sophomore; and Dennis

The Exponent
Volume 60, No. 13 South Dakota's Northern College — Aberdeen, South Dakota
December 21, 1961
Best wishes for a
merry Christmas and
a happy new year
are sincerely extend-ed
to all of our read-ers.
The Exponent
ffirrrg TIwistutas
!W- W.WrQ.W470- 44Me0 O- r4e0A4RVRe4r4VA10440r e4MVP002Vk:O- W-- WVIFQ504'41rOra,045in-W
Donna Ray Reigns
As "Miss Northern"
Donna Ray, Aberdeen freshman,
was chosen to represent Northern in
the 1962 State Snow Queen Festival
to be held January 18-20 in the Civic
Arena. Dale McElhany, Watertown
senior, will represent Northern in the
talent division of the contest.
In place of last year's Snow Queen,
Linda Frazee, the second place win-ner,
Ellea Peterson, Faulkton sopho-more,
crowned "Miss Northern." Ju-dy
Stuebbe, Aberdeen freshman, was
selected first runner-up and second
runner-up was Janice Kruse, Parkston
sophomore.
Donna Ray, who was chosen over
21 coeds, was sponsored by the stu-dent
council in which she is a mem-ber
of the social affairs committee.
Donna is in secondary education and
plans on majoring in English and
history. She is a member of Howling
Echo and is on the AWS social af-fairs
committee. Donna was Central's
1960 Pageant Day Queen.
Dale McElhany, Northern's foot-ball
captain and Player of the Year,
took first place in the talent division
Dale McElhany
with a vocal solo. He was accompani-ed
by Glenna Schauer, Aberdeen
sophomore. Second and third place
winners were Marvin Roth, Menasha,
Wis. junior, with a monalogue and
Steve Hansen, Stockholm freshman,
with a trombone solo.
The 1961 State Snow Queen talent
winners, The Collegians, entertained
as non-contestants. The vocal group
is composed of Margaret Hochstetter,
Aberdeen sophomore; Lynne Ickler,
sophomore from Aberdeen; Jim Lo-seth,
Webster junior; Clayton South-wich,
Stockholm sophomore; and Lar-ry
Frey, senior from Lehr, N. Dak.
Dale Dobberpuhl, Conde senior, serv-ed
as master of ceremonies.
Queen candidates were Ruth Alli-son,
South Shore sophomore, spon-sored
by Blue Key; Karen Layton.
Selfridge, North Dakota sophomore,
sponsored by Briscoe Hall; Shirley
Gerken, Wessington Springs senior ;
sponsored by Kappa Delti Pi; Sonna
Gross, Sisseton sophomore, sponsored
by U.C.C•F.; Sharon Gugel, Mc-
Laughlin sophomore, sponsored by
Sigma Alpha Iota; Kathleen Haber-man,
Forbes, North Dakota sopho-more,
sponsored by Pi Omega Pi;
Margaret Hochstetter, Aberdeen soph-omore,
sponsored by the Collegiate
Choir.
Vonnie Karlen, Columbia freshman,
sponsored by Lincoln Hall and Pha-lanx;
Mary Kohlhaas, Aberdeen sen-ior,
sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta;
Dianna Lee, Rapid City sophomore,
sponsored by Howling Echo; Marjorie
Nelson, Sisseton sophomore, sponsored
by the Young Democrats; Carol Pet-erson,
Aberdeen junior, sponsored by
the Junior Class; Bonnie Phillips, Wil-low
Lake sophomore, sponsored by
the sophomore class are also candi-dates.
Other candidates include Joan
Roehr, Aberdeen freshman, sponsored
by the Newman Club, Margaret Scri-ver,
South Shore freshman, sponsored
by the N Club; Judy Treffry, Web-ster
sophomore, sponsored by the As-sociation
of Childhood Education; Pa-ti
Jo Wermersen, Miller freshman,
sponsored by the Freshman Class; and
Noreen Winters, Seneca freshman,
sponsored by Graham Hall.
Don Hess, Clark sophomore, and
Donna Parsch, Aberdeen sophomore,
were the general chairmen for the
event. John Hester, Rapid City sen-ior,
and Sharon Gugel, McLaughlin
sophomore, were in charge of the
staging, which followed the pattern of
a snow palace.
Talent chairmen were Larry Arndt,
Aberdeen junior, and Judeen Lam-mle,
Hosmer senior, Glen Kirscheman,
Aberdeen sophomore, was in charge
of the publicity. Coronation chairmen
were Lorene Cowhick, Cresbard sen-ior,
and Margaret Hochstetter, Aber-deen
sophomore. Others assisting were
Lucille Lindskov, Isabel senior, pres-ident
of Sigma Alpha Iota and George
Geis, Webster junior, president of
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Faculty ad-visors
were Vesta Hanson and Leon-ard
Palmquist.
The Sno-Sho is sponsored by Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Sigma Alpha
Iota music fraternities.
Hildebrand, Kulm, N. Dak., sopho-more,
performed the tenor parts.
James Ewing, assistant professor of
music, and Merlyn Aman, director of
vocal music at Aberdeen Central High
School, did a fine job with the bass
solos.
Special commendations should be
Board Scholarships
Received By Seven
From Prophet Co.
Seven Northern students have been
selected to receive the first full board
scholarships sponsored by the Prophet
Company.
Recipients of the grants include
Glenda Bakken, Bristol sophomore,
Briscoe Hall; Margaret Nelson, Sis-seton
sophomore, Graham Hall; Alfred
DeCillis, Patchogue, N. Y., senior,
Steele Hall; and James Fischer, Ros-coe
freshman, Seymour Hall. Cecelia
Boulais, Mina freshman, Lincoln Hall
and Judith Holland, Britton fresh-man,
Lincoln Hall, will each receive
one-half as the result of a tie.
The new scholarship program is be-ing
initiated this quarter by the man-ager,
of Lincoln Dining Hall. The sch-olarships
are awarded to the student
with the highest academic average in
each of the campus dormitories.
Academic rank of the student will
be the one determining factor in se-lecting
recipients of the scholarship.
The rank concerns only the average
of the preceding quarter and does not
apply to a student's cumulative grade
average. Students must be classed as
full-time students to be eligible to re-ceive
the scholarship, although full-time
student teachers are not eligible
to obtain the award.
Minn. U. Will Host
U. N. Conference
Students interested in international
affairs who would like to attend the
Model United Nations Conference,
being held at the University of Min-nesota
on April 13-15 should make
application to Carl Kline, Aber-deen
junior.
Five delegates will be chosen by
the student council, from the appli-cants
of Northern to attend the con-ference.
The delegates will represent a cer-tain
nation of their choice at the con-ference.
There will be a well-rounded
program with discussion by the par-ticipation
of all delegates.
extended to each of the soloists; to
Mrs. John Berggren, pianist; Prof.
Leonard Palmquist, organist; and
Prof. Ben Vandervelde, director of
the College-Civic Symphony.
The Collegiate Choir, under the di-rection
of Dr. Berggren, did a mar-velous
job this year. The audience es-pecially
enjoyed the number "His
Yoke Is Easy," which had not been
heard before in previous presenta-tions
of the "Messiah" in Aberdeen.
The audience was entranced to the
last "Hallelujah" of the traditional
"Hallelujah Chorus," which ended the
performance.
Many comments were heard on the
1961 presentation; and it was gener-ally
agreed that this year's perform-ance
was one of the better, if not the
best, ever presented in Aberdeen.
English Fraternity
Accepts 18 Students
At Pledge Meeting
Eighteen students were pledged in-to
Sigma Tau Delta, honorary English
fraternity, Thursday, December 14, in
the Memorial Union.
Dale Dobberpuhl, president, con-ducted
the meeting during which the
pledges presented readings of their
original writings. A short business
meeting and coffee hour concluded
the evening.
The aim of the organization is to
encourage the study of literary mas-terpieces
and to promote creative
writing a, campus.
Students applying for membership
in STD must have a B average, soph-omore
standing, and a major or minor
in English. New pledges are initiated
each year at an initiation dinner.
The new initiates are Margaret Loo-by,
Artesian senior; Prof. Wallace
Dohman, assistant professor of Eng-lish;
Verla Hottmann, Tolstoy junior;
James Hoye, Aberdeen sophomore;
Mrs. Helen Pfeiffer, Aberdeen junior;
Kathy Blair, Groton junior; Willis
Smith, Watertown senior; Jeff Ross,
Aberdeen junior; and Carol Wuertz,
Aberdeen junior.
Rich Cinclair, Aberdeen sophomore;
Carol Knodel senior; Joyce Kettering,
Aberdeen sophomore; Sharon Neu-mayr,
Parkston sophomore; Sandra
Baldwin, Rapid City sophomore,
Bemyce Strom, Groton sophomore;
Karen Nelson, Langford sophomore;
Joan Carson, Langford sophomore,
and Sharon Borden, Frederick junior
were also among the eighteen initiates.
Donna Ray, Aberdeen freshman, was crowned
Northern's Snow Queen at the annual Sno-Sho Contest
held December 14. First runner-up was Judy Stuebbe,
Aberdeen freshman, (right). Janice Kruse, Parkston soph-
-I :roma
omore, (left) was chosen second runner-up. The contest
was sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Sigma
Alpha Iota, music fraternities.
Presentation Of Handel's "Messiah"
Is Well Received By Large Crowd
by Joan Carson
Approximately 1,700 people enter-ed
the Civic Arena, Sunday afternoon,
December 17, to hear the eighth
a n n ual presentation of Handel's
"Messiah." About two hours later
they left with their hearts filled with
the true spirit of Christmas.
The performance, sponsored by
Northern State Teachers College and
and the Aberdeen Ministerial Associa-tion,
was under the direction of Dr.
John Berggren, head of Northern's
music department.
The soloists presenting recitatives
and arias were representative of the
talent of Northern and Aberdeen.
Doing the honors as soprano soloists
were Margaret Hochstetter, Aberdeen
sophomore; and Kristi Vensand, also
a sophomore from Aberdeen. Sister
Mary (Braun) O.S.B. thrilled many a
heart with her renditions of the con-tralto
passages. James Loseth, Web-ster
senior; David Hein, Browns Val-ley,
Minn., sophomore; and Dennis